the s&p has been down. i like to put it in perspective for you. it s been an amazing year. really not a surprise that you are going to see a pull back. the question is, do you buy here or is this beginning deeper? we are showing retailers because you are going to hear from them. after signs paycheck to paycheck shoppers are strapped. best buy among others will be reporting throughout the week. like politics, all real estate is local and the housing market recovery has cleared. realty trac considered distressed sales, increase in prices. the areas leading the recovery, rochester, yooi yooi, cape coral-fort myers, florida. lagging is baltimore, maryland, rockford, illinois. also on the list, i m going to
from an iowa perspective you watch this more closely than all of us. how do you think it plays to the audience here in iowa which is exactly what counts when we re talking about the straw poll is this. i think charlie s right that pawlenty had to do something to improve the numbers. yooi yeah appears to be just not that into him. he needed to do something to move him up. michele bachmann we saw her catapult to the top of the leader board. anybody envying that was going to have to enhance their position or bring her down and we saw candidates doing both. what about rick perry showing up in south carolina tomorrow. going to be beclairing, coming to iowa after a stop in new hampshire. iowa on sunday, this really is such a smart play, is it not to grab attention from ames? i think it s a little bit of a question mark. there are veteran gop operatives who are sal rating to get rick perry in the race because he s a sitting governor from a big state with a very good story to tell on j